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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jul 16, 2023 21:05:30 GMT
Glad he won. I always hate when they force people to speak English and never give them one cue to say something to his home fans. I'm not a huge Djokovic fan, but he bothers me a lot less than he seems to bother others. I didn't like some of the gamesmanship out of him today, though. The chair umpire finally called him on his ridiculous stalling on his serve, then he pulls the ol' extended bathroom break trick. Maybe that's why the crowd seemed to turn on him, particularly when he smashed his racket in the fifth set. We've all seen bratty tennis meltdowns far worse than that, I think maybe they'd had enough. Either way it was a hell of a match. If Alcaraz stays healthy, look out record books.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 16, 2023 21:28:48 GMT
Glad he won. I always hate when they force people to speak English and never give them one cue to say something to his home fans. I'm not a huge Djokovic fan, but he bothers me a lot less than he seems to bother others Losing in front of his son made him cry.
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Post by NJtoTX on Aug 14, 2023 21:59:19 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 29, 2023 18:00:32 GMT
US Open 2023 has started.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is the top seeded player. After withdrawing last year because of COVID vaccination requirement to enter the US, Djokovic is back, seeded second.
On the women's side, defending champion Iga Swiatek is #1 and Aryna Sabalenka is #2. Keep an eye out for #6 seed Coco Gauff, fresh off her first WTA 1000 win in Cincinnati.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 29, 2023 18:09:01 GMT
US Open 2023 has started.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is the top seeded player. After withdrawing last year because of COVID vaccination requirement to enter the US, Djokovic is back, seeded second.
On the women's side, defending champion Iga Swiatek is #1 and Aryna Sabalenka is #2. Keep an eye out for #6 seed Coco Gauff, fresh off her first WTA 1000 win in Cincinnati.
I watched Coco Gauff last night against Siegemund (sp?) from Germany. It was a really close match and Gauff seemed to lose her focus in the 3rd set a bit. She was up 5-2 and then, after not double faulting the entire match, did so 3 times to bring Siegemund closer before putting her away. I have afternoon session tickets tomorrow, but I kinda want to go Friday night too.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 31, 2023 13:29:11 GMT
US Open 2023 has started.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is the top seeded player. After withdrawing last year because of COVID vaccination requirement to enter the US, Djokovic is back, seeded second.
On the women's side, defending champion Iga Swiatek is #1 and Aryna Sabalenka is #2. Keep an eye out for #6 seed Coco Gauff, fresh off her first WTA 1000 win in Cincinnati.
I watched Coco Gauff last night against Siegemund (sp?) from Germany. It was a really close match and Gauff seemed to lose her focus in the 3rd set a bit. She was up 5-2 and then, after not double faulting the entire match, did so 3 times to bring Siegemund closer before putting her away. I have afternoon session tickets tomorrow, but I kinda want to go Friday night too.
Whom did you see yesterday? It wasn't Venus Williams, was it? From what I read it was painful to watch.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 31, 2023 13:57:50 GMT
I watched Coco Gauff last night against Siegemund (sp?) from Germany. It was a really close match and Gauff seemed to lose her focus in the 3rd set a bit. She was up 5-2 and then, after not double faulting the entire match, did so 3 times to bring Siegemund closer before putting her away. I have afternoon session tickets tomorrow, but I kinda want to go Friday night too.
Whom did you see yesterday? It wasn't Venus Williams, was it? From what I read it was painful to watch.
I had Ashe tickets so I was really lucky and got to see Coco Gauff and Djokovic, first time seeing either. Gauff looked really impressive. She was in control and managed to take advantage of her 16-year old opponent, Mirra Andreeva. Andreeva has the makings of a huge serve, but her ground game is atrocious. She's only 16 though. Djokovic, man that was just awesome. He didn't even play his best and looked sluggish in the first set, but everyone should get the opportunity to see him play in person. Funny thing, his opponent, Bernabe Zapata-Miralles played really well in the first set. His serve looked good, he had some terrific cross-court shots....and he still got annihilated. I also caught the first set of Taylor Townsend v Beatriz Haddad Maia on court 17 which was awesome. Afterwards, we randomly sat down at some doubles match, where we were right in front, no more than 10 feet from the court. It was Robin Montgomery and Clervie Ngounoue vs. Ena Shibahara and Shuko Aoyama. You simply can't appreciate how hard they're hitting the ball until you're right on top of the court like that. Even compared to Djokovic (where we had good seats but not courtside), it looked like these girls were firing lasers out of their rackets. The outer courts are seriously where it's at. The crowds tend to be much livelier, in no small part to the fact that the matches tend to be closer and you are physically closer to the action. Sure, you get close matches in Ashe, but in the early rounds it's usually Djokovic vs a sacrificial lamb. But the set of Townsend, she was really into it, the crowd was pumped, and it was everything that makes the US Open great. Regretably, I didn't catch any of the Tsitsipas vs Stricker match, which was the match of the day. Armstrong was packed and I didn't want to miss Coco Gauff so I didn't go in.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 31, 2023 14:48:59 GMT
Whom did you see yesterday? It wasn't Venus Williams, was it? From what I read it was painful to watch.
I had Ashe tickets so I was really lucky and got to see Coco Gauff and Djokovic, first time seeing either. Gauff looked really impressive. She was in control and managed to take advantage of her 16-year old opponent, Mirra Andreeva. Andreeva has the makings of a huge serve, but her ground game is atrocious. She's only 16 though. Djokovic, man that was just awesome. He didn't even play his best and looked sluggish in the first set, but everyone should get the opportunity to see him play in person. Funny thing, his opponent, Bernabe Zapata-Miralles played really well in the first set. His serve looked good, he had some terrific cross-court shots....and he still got annihilated. I also caught the first set of Taylor Townsend v Beatriz Haddad Maia on court 17 which was awesome. Afterwards, we randomly sat down at some doubles match, where we were right in front, no more than 10 feet from the court. It was Robin Montgomery and Clervie Ngounoue vs. Ena Shibahara and Shuko Aoyama. You simply can't appreciate how hard they're hitting the ball until you're right on top of the court like that. Even compared to Djokovic (where we had good seats but not courtside), it looked like these girls were firing lasers out of their rackets. The outer courts are seriously where it's at. The crowds tend to be much livelier, in no small part to the fact that the matches tend to be closer and you are physically closer to the action. Sure, you get close matches in Ashe, but in the early rounds it's usually Djokovic vs a sacrificial lamb. But the set of Townsend, she was really into it, the crowd was pumped, and it was everything that makes the US Open great. Regretably, I didn't catch any of the Tsitsipas vs Stricker match, which was the match of the day. Armstrong was packed and I didn't want to miss Coco Gauff so I didn't go in. The early days of a tournament, particularly a slam, are the best. You just wander the outer courts and there's so much going on. It's like being able to attend multiple first round March Madness games at once. And maybe I'm biased as an American, but I always feel like US Open crowds are the liveliest in general (maybe too lively at times). It's such an awesome event to attend live. Haven't been in four or five years, maybe next year.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 31, 2023 15:02:56 GMT
Whom did you see yesterday? It wasn't Venus Williams, was it? From what I read it was painful to watch.
I had Ashe tickets so I was really lucky and got to see Coco Gauff and Djokovic, first time seeing either. Gauff looked really impressive. She was in control and managed to take advantage of her 16-year old opponent, Mirra Andreeva. Andreeva has the makings of a huge serve, but her ground game is atrocious. She's only 16 though. Djokovic, man that was just awesome. He didn't even play his best and looked sluggish in the first set, but everyone should get the opportunity to see him play in person. Funny thing, his opponent, Bernabe Zapata-Miralles played really well in the first set. His serve looked good, he had some terrific cross-court shots....and he still got annihilated. I also caught the first set of Taylor Townsend v Beatriz Haddad Maia on court 17 which was awesome. Afterwards, we randomly sat down at some doubles match, where we were right in front, no more than 10 feet from the court. It was Robin Montgomery and Clervie Ngounoue vs. Ena Shibahara and Shuko Aoyama. You simply can't appreciate how hard they're hitting the ball until you're right on top of the court like that. Even compared to Djokovic (where we had good seats but not courtside), it looked like these girls were firing lasers out of their rackets. The outer courts are seriously where it's at. The crowds tend to be much livelier, in no small part to the fact that the matches tend to be closer and you are physically closer to the action. Sure, you get close matches in Ashe, but in the early rounds it's usually Djokovic vs a sacrificial lamb. But the set of Townsend, she was really into it, the crowd was pumped, and it was everything that makes the US Open great. Regretably, I didn't catch any of the Tsitsipas vs Stricker match, which was the match of the day. Armstrong was packed and I didn't want to miss Coco Gauff so I didn't go in. Great! I am not envious at all!
Good point about being close to the action in the smaller courts. It's been many years since I've been to the tournament here in Montreal, but on a few occasions I did catch a match or a training session in the outside courts, and it does provide a very different experience.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 2, 2023 13:13:19 GMT
Djokovic needed five sets to beat fellow Serbian Djere in the third round.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 5, 2023 14:37:04 GMT
Quarter-finals:
Alcaraz Zverev
Medvedev Rublev
Tiafoe
Shelton
Fritz Djokovic
Three Americans and two Russians. One unseeded player remaining, the American Ben Shelton.
Ostapenko Gauff
Cirstea
Muchova
Vondrousova Keys
Qinwen Sabalenka
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 5, 2023 15:25:27 GMT
Quarter-finals:
Alcaraz Zverev
Medvedev Rublev
Tiafoe
Shelton
Fritz Djokovic
Three Americans and two Russians. One unseeded player remaining, the American Ben Shelton.
Ostapenko Gauff
Cirstea
Muchova
Vondrousova Keys
Qinwen Sabalenka
Sabalenka is terrifying. Not only does she absolutely murder the ball, but she definitely has a screw loose. She's featured on the netflix documentary about life on tour and she legit loses her mind when things don't go her way. Of all the players on tour, she'd be the one to avoid running into in a dark alley.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 6, 2023 3:02:54 GMT
This Tiafoe-Shelton match is must watch. Really exciting stuff.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 6, 2023 11:57:23 GMT
This Tiafoe-Shelton match is must watch. Really exciting stuff. I'm starting to think this is who Tiafoe is. Not sure he'll ever make the leap.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 6, 2023 15:49:28 GMT
This Tiafoe-Shelton match is must watch. Really exciting stuff. I'm starting to think this is who Tiafoe is. Not sure he'll ever make the leap. It's that for sure, he tends to have lapses in focus throughout his matches, which doesn't bode well in majors. But also, perhaps we have just been spoiled by the big 3 over the past decade and a half. I mean, most players are like Tiafoe in that regard. They'll play awesome, but one day they come out flat and come up short. Novak, Nadal and Federer seemingly never did that, ever, and even if they did (like when I saw Novak last week), they still destroy their opponents. So far, Alcaraz seems to be heading in the right direction, but it has only been a year of this level of play.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 8, 2023 13:28:46 GMT
It will be Gauff vs Sabalenka in the women's final. I'll be rooting for the young American, but Sabalenka is going to win - you don't come back from 0-6 in the first set of your semi-final only to lose the final later on!
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Post by sdm3 on Sept 9, 2023 6:42:30 GMT
Medvedev stuns Alcaraz, setting up the Final against Djokovic.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 9, 2023 12:51:30 GMT
The Mens Final nobody wanted.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 9, 2023 12:56:06 GMT
The Mens Final nobody wanted. Yeah, I was looking forward to Djokovic vs Alcaraz. Oh well.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 9, 2023 13:44:09 GMT
The Mens Final nobody wanted. Yeah, I was looking forward to Djokovic vs Alcaraz. Oh well. Nothing against Medvedev, but yeah. We all wanted to see the GOAT (yes, it's debatable) vs the heir apparent. Not that this one can't be great or compelling in its own right.
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